Wednesday September 9, 2009, 7:41 am
Thanks Tierney. This or similar articles should be required reading for anyone who wants to raise chickens either commercially, or as pets. There is a lot of info about the nature of chickens that would surprise a lot of people.

Wednesday September 9, 2009, 8:02 am
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Congrats on your first news story....way to go....and a nice news story at that.

Wednesday September 9, 2009, 8:07 am
Readers; please also check out the Farm Sanctuary website:
http://farmsanctuary.org/ I also highly recommend the excellent and beautifully written book by Farm Sanctuary founder Gene Baur, "Farm Sanctuary - Changing Hearts and Minds about Animals and Food." Thank you for a beautiful article - I have already forwarded/shared the link. THINK LOVE - GO VEGAN!

"We must fight against the spirit of unconscious cruelty with which we treat the animals. Animals suffer as much as we do. True humanity does not allow us to impose such sufferings on them. It is our duty to make the whole world recognize it. Until we extend our circle of compassion to all living beings, humanity will not find peace." - Albert Schweitzer, physician/Nobel Laureate.

Wednesday September 9, 2009, 9:01 am
Oh Tierney, what a wonderful essay about chickens and what a dedicated observers the essayist is. There were so many things answered about chickens from the first lines til the end of the essay. Now I can understand so these details of which I have been curious about for a long time. It is hard to believe that chickens come from such a rugged terrain. No wonder the roosters are so feisty when the had to protect the group. I am very glad you posted your first news story and you did it so well with such a great back-up essay.

Wednesday September 9, 2009, 11:17 am
Thank you, Tierney. Everyone needs to read this. It is a story that is interesting and heartwarming, yet unfortunately heartbreaking at the same time knowing how poultry is abused.

Wednesday September 9, 2009, 12:38 pm
This is a precious story, very inspiring and informative. We need positive animal stories to keep us going in our fight for their rightful place on earth. Thanks Tierney and keep 'em coming.

Wednesday September 9, 2009, 1:48 pm
i hate to break up the party... but 11 dead chickens before they took action? after one, i would have freaked out and put them in dog kennels or something until i could build the fence. and why couldn't they re-catch eva and her chicks? i don't get it.

Wednesday September 9, 2009, 2:40 pm
Thank you Tierney, I also know the way of chickens,both types, and the "Banties" are so different from the bigger birds.Bandit and Big Bernie was a continual hilarious banter.

Wednesday September 9, 2009, 4:27 pm
Thank you for promoting compassion and kindness ---no animal deserves to be exploited and treated cruelly or be considered food--I am hoping we are evolving into a society that is vegetarian and treats all living things as sacred and deserving of respect and love.

Wednesday September 9, 2009, 6:21 pm
Karen Davis is a heroine. Women like her, such as Pattrice and Miriam Jones (http://sanctuary.bravebirds.org), are true revolutionary pioneers to which I believe all animal lovers will one day be indebted. Because in the future much of society will look back and wonder how anyone could have ever been so heartless as to look down on chickens and other foul...

Karen's United Poultry Concerns newsletter was my first exposure to animal rights for chickens some twenty years ago, and she has been an inspiration ever since!

Who, besides Karen Davis, have you eve heard explain the importance of looking a chicken in the eye?!And yet it makes such common sense!

In order to really 'respect' ANY animals we need to do just that. RE-SPECT! To 'look again' with renewed vision beyond the human reflection we see there in the eyes of 'the other' into another world every bit as mysterious and miraculous as our own...

Wednesday September 9, 2009, 11:34 pm
Tierney this essay is amazing ... very informative ... i learned so much about chickens...who knew ... i loved the pictures too ... i don't know why but Beatrix Potter came to my mind ... maybe you should write a book for children about chickens ...well Congratulations of your very first news story that made it to the Front Page ... You Go Girl :-)

Thursday September 10, 2009, 1:55 am
Why should people be so astonished by the fact that animals and in that definintion I include birds have memory fcaring feelings, communication and social relationships even if they only have bird brains. Just remember it only within the last decade that the US elected a human being apparently with none with none of these attributes as their leader. Not content with proving that evolution had not touched the US they did it Twice!

Thursday September 10, 2009, 3:23 am
You cannot currently send a star to Tierney because you have done so within the last week.thanks for the beautiful essay tierney i will save it and give it to my son who teaches primary school congrats on your first story my dear friend

Thursday September 10, 2009, 3:45 am
Rosemary is wise. Yes, write a series of "Chicken" books and it will become bestsellers. I think it is a great idea.....do it!! Humans think too little of chickens and stories will be an eye opener.

Thursday September 10, 2009, 5:41 am
ty Tierney, they are amazing creatures, their social structure is tight, the male is so fiercely protective, and their is an obvious reason behind the term 'mother hen'. and those chicks? well who couldn't love them

Thursday September 10, 2009, 12:14 pm
Thanks Tierney, for this beautifully written and demotive article. How can anyone not love these gentle feathered friends of ours? Their mothering instincts are amazing and they can teach some modern mothers a thing or two, I am sure.
God bless this woman and her sanctuary.

Friday September 11, 2009, 4:07 am
I love these yellow chickens, lol..just want to kiss them.
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Friday September 11, 2009, 8:07 pm
Absolutely incredible essay. It is so entertaining, touching and thought provoking, as well as interesting and informative. Karen Davis has proven to be a a gifted author as well a chicken advocate. Thanks Tierney for sharing.

Saturday September 12, 2009, 3:42 pm
What a lovely essay by Karen Davis! Thank you! I am so glad this is available to show what these fellow creatures are truly like--you rarely get a glimpse of how sociable and lovable they are. I hope it inspires people to view their choices about what is considered "food" differently and to stand up against the way the industrial food industry exploits and abuses these animals. Thanks, again for sharing this!